Relevance of Physics to other fields of study
Physics → Astronomy
Example - Kepler’s Laws
Principles - law of universal gravitation, laws of motion
Physics → Music
Example - notes, matching tones, overtones, beats, tempo, Vibrations
Principles - Frequency,Harmonic, resonance, standing waves, Amplitude
Physics → Chemistry
Example -
Matter & Energy
Principles -
Energy is conserved but can be transformed.
Chemistry
Chemical potential energy is transformed to kinetic (thermal) energy
Physics
Potential energy is converted to kinetic energy as the pendulum swings
Physics → Health/Medicine
Example - Radiation physics for cancer treatment
Principles - Ionizing radiation to control/kill malignant cell, Linear accelerator
Physics → Geology
Example - Earth has a dense solid iron core. Mountains are uplifted through buoyancy
Principles - reflection or refraction of seismic waves can determine the density of the material inside the earth.
Buoyancy states that more dense material sink under less dense material. Inner earth is more dense which leads to uplifting of lighter material which is how mountains rise.
Physics → Biology
Example - MRIs
Principles - magnetic fields and radio waves mapping water vs. solids
(works so well cause we are mostly water!)
Physics → Drama
Example -
Drawing curtains during a theater show using pulley systems
Principles -
Energy & work
Name(s) - Lina Avery, Carmen Solis
Physics → Home Econ
Example - Electric stove, Induction stove
Principles -
Energy: moving and interactions of electrons.
Name(s) - Lina Avery, Carmen Solis
Physics → Health
Example - Radiation damages DNA of cells and causes cancer. Interestingly, radiation is also used to treat cancer.
Principles - Ionizing radiation directly affects DNA structure by inducing DNA breaks
Name(s) - Justine Phan, Allison Saranow
Physics → Biology
Example - Plants respond directly to Earth’s gravitational attraction. Stems grow upward, or away from the center of Earth. Roots grow downward, or towards the center of Earth.
Principles - Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center
Physics → Physiology
Example - Gravity on the movement of blood
Principles - acceleration of gravity, immunity deficiency
Name(s) - Jasmine Barragan & Ewelina Musial
Physics → Meteorology
Example - hurricane
Principles - Conservation of angular momentum, Coriolis effect, Archimedes principle
Name(s) - Benjamin Azmon
Physics → Health
Example - X-rays
Principles - electromagnetic radiation, wavelengths
Name(s) - Natalie Gass, Jacqueline Phe
Physics → Biology
Example - Bird Flight
Principles - mass, density, lift, drag, air pressure
Name(s) - Natalie Gass, Jacqueline Phe
Physics → Biology
Example - Physics and Kinetics of Molecules in Cells
Principles -
Conservation of Energy (cellular respiration and photosynthesis)
Rose and Brigita
Physics → Biology
Example - Bernoulli’s principle in Blood flow
Principles - Energy of blood flow is composed of kinetic energy and potential energy. Which means that the faster the blood flows (kinetic energy) the lower the outward pressure on the vessel wall (potential energy).
Name(s) - Sean Caenepeel, Pooja Gupta
Physics → History
Example - Development of nuclear bomb
Principles - E=MC2, Critical mass, Fission reactions, radiation, sustained nuclear reactions
Name(s) - Samvel Tozlian, Fred Vasenius
Physics → Botany-PLANT PHYSICS
Example - Physics perspective on plant matters
Principles - From Galileo, who used the hollow stalks of grass to demonstrate the idea that peripherally located construction materials provide most of the resistance to bending forces, to Leonardo da Vinci, whose illustrations of the parachute are alleged to be based on his study of the dandelion’s pappus and the maple tree’s samara, many of our greatest physicists, mathematicians, and engineers have learned much from studying plants.”
Name(s) - Sinaa Greene, Liesel Haskell
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Physics → Theatre/Drama
Example - Lighting on a stage, i.e.: when you layer two different color lights to create different colors/moods
Principles - light waves, optics
Name(s) - Michelle Cartee, Stefany Castro
Physics → Health
Example - Body fat analysis; hydrostatic weighing
Principles - Archimedes principle
Density = mass/volume
Jarrod & Anthony
Physics → Anatomy and Physiology
Example - Blood Flow
Principles - Using Bernoulli’s Equation to relate fluid flow to pressure drop and tube geometry. In this case, the heart acts as the pump to create a pressure differential between the heart and the arteries, driving blood flow.
Name(s) - Mario Martinez and Rafik Barsoum
Physics → Environmental Science
Example - greenhouse effect
Principles - thermal radiation, laws of thermodynamics, heat transfer, kinetic energy
Name(s) - Brie-anna Rojas and Katie Robinson
Physics → Music
Example - Overtones
of different musical
instruments.
Principles -
Instruments of different shapes and actions produce different overtones. The overtones combine to form the characteristic sound of the instrument.
Name(s) - Tonya Mandl
Physics → Art
Example -
3-D Sidewalk Art
Principles - Visualization, Refraction Index (color), Perspective (Line, Shape, Pattern), Depth, Shadow, Light
Name(s) - Mary and Jason
Physics → Business
Example - Financial Markets
Principles - Werner-Heisenberg Principle, Stochaic Processes, Nonlinear Dynamics, Kinetic Exchange Economics, Tech Industries
Name(s) - Parker Keller, Eli Aghassi
Physics → Botany
Example - photosynthesis
Principles - Photon wave absorption, light-dep & light-indep reactions
Name(s) - Salvador Garcia, Arbi Moradian
Physics → Engineering and Health
Example - airplane cabin pressure
Principles - Airplane cabins are pressurized so that you don’t die at high altitudes.
Joe & Jason
Physics → Music
Example - Piano
Principles - Tone = speed x weight. Ratio of speed to weight in striking a note (finger - faster but little weight [sharper tone], arm - slower but heavier [sonorous])
Name(s) - Sam Lee and Paul Neumann
Physics → Electronic Entertainment
(video games)
Example - Simulating projectile motion
Principles - Two-dimensional motion (e.g. trajectories), gravity, combination of forces, conservation of momentum
Name(s) - Jeffrey Scott Nuttall, Daniel O’Brien
Angry Birds
Physics → Astronomy
Example - Planets orbiting the sun
Principles - Gravitational force keeping planets moving around the sun.
Name(s) - Angela Moreno, Araceli Vasquez
Astronomy
Physics → Sports (Figure Skating)
Example - The Death Spiral
Principles - Centripetal acceleration while rotating, friction, inertia, and center of mass.
Use Newton’s second law
F=ma
Name(s) - Christie Robles-Beilby, Dan Horowitz
Physics- Geology
Example - Using Gravity profiles to find water tables, faults, and ore bodies.
Principles - Gravity, Altitude, Density, Computer modeling, Acceleration
Name(s) - Hagop Kordian, Daniel Cruz
Physics → Computers
Example - Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Principles -
Electricity (send signals to other components), Thermodynamics (heat sink on CPU)
Name(s) - Joseph Llamas, Josh Yang
Physics → Biology - Anatomy
Example - Motion of Joints
Principles - Leverage,
Classes of Levers, Mechanical Advantage
Name(s) - Joshua Watts, Lucin Devletyan
Joints as Levers
Physics → Botany
Example - Plants which either stand straight up or tend to droop over time
Principles - Gravity, mass, capillary action and strength of the plant’s structure
Name(s) - Michelle Zakson, Melanie Hunter
Plant Stature
Physics →Government
(building codes)
Example - Retrofitting buildings for earthquakes.
Principles - Normal force vs. force of gravity; conservation of momentum, Newton’s First and Third Laws
Name(s) - Patrick Campbell and Naiyma Houston
Physics → Sports
Example - Ligaments can be damaged by incorrect techniques.
Principles - Strength of joints is determined by pulleys, levers, ligament structure, muscle strength, bony shape and structure.
Name(s) -Russell Dollinger, Ryan Rollins
Oops
Physics - Art
Example - Spectroscopy
Principles - Spectroscopy is a technology for breaking light into its constituent wavelengths.
Name(s) - Vanessa Acosta, Toby Holmes
Complimentary
Color Theory
Physics → Sports (Magnus Effect)
Example - Volleyball Serve; “top spin” on the volleyball causes it to “drop”
Principles - Magnus Effect; the spin of the ball creates high pressure on top & low pressure below the ball, causing the ball to move towards the lower pressure. Force, Pressure, Motion through Fluid, Aerodynamics
Other Examples - Baseball “Curve Ball” or “Slider”
Name(s) - Wendy Rolph
Volleyball Serve
Physics → Astronomy
Example - Telescopes
Principles - Refraction and Reflection in a telescope in all wavelengths of light; spectroscopy
Name(s) - Ryan Bostrom, Smbat Avetyan
Physics → Sports
Example - Bowling
Principles - The “F- Words” of Physics- Friction & forces, Newton’s 1st-2nd-3rd laws of motion, trajectories, kinetic/potential energy, inertia, velocity, acceleration, other science stuff
Name(s) - Will Hornstein, Sarah Johnson
Physics → Home Econ
Example - Baking Bread
Principles - Heat Transfer, Convection, conduction, catalyzed reaction energy, stress and strain, breaking the gluten
Name(s) - Thomas Garcia
Physics → Foreign Language
Example - Zulu
Principles - The use of Click sounds. Replacing the C, Q, and X sound/ Phonetically resonating. Aerodynamic forces, Muscle activity, and the physical property of tubes, Frequencies,
Name(s) - Jacki Fonseca, Amore’ Thompson
Physics → Drama
Example - Auditorium/Theater Design
Principles - acoustics (study of mechanical waves and sound)
Name(s) - Karla Aviles, Adib Azad
Physics → Music
Example - Amplified Stringed Instruments
Principles - Standing waves, friction, viscosity, mechanics of hearing, electricity & magnetism
Name(s) - David Gisis, Aram Hacobian
Physics → Sports
Example - Handball
Principles -Every action has a reaction. Newton’s 3rd Law. When you throw a ball hard against a wall it will come back at you with the same force.
Emily Curran
Physics → Government
Example - Energy Transmission over Distances, Energy Policy, Elevated Wires vs Buried Wires, Transmission Line Materials, Transformers
Principles - Conductivity, Energy Efficiency, Voltage, Resistance, Heat
Name(s) - Orry, Julie
Physics → Astronomy
Example - Telescopes
Principles - Refraction and Reflection in a telescope in all wavelengths of light; spectroscopy
Name(s) - Ryan Bostrom, Smbat Avetyan
Physics → Biology
Example - Circulatory System (Body System)
Principles - Transfer/movement of gases/fluid (blood), Gravity, Motion of particles, Pressure
Name(s) - Orry and Julie
Physics- Drama
Example:
Stunts & Set Designs
Principles:
Name(s) - Ngoc Bach and Ginna Shin
Physics →Math
Examples
Ohm’s Law ,
Principles -The current is Proportional to the voltage in an ohmic electric device, and this is a linear equation. I = V/R
Name(s) - Parvaneh
Ohm’s Law, Electric bulb
Physics → Geology
Example - Seismology
Principles - S waves and P waves travel faster than Surface waves(damage-causing)
P and S waves give warning
Name(s) - Justin Dillon, Dakota Pollock
Physics → History
Example - Flight
Principles - Bernoulli's Principle, Every Newton law ever, air pressure & related topics, thermal expansion/contraction.
Name(s) - Aram Hacobian, David Gisis
Physics → Art
Example - 3D movies
Principles - Light refraction, circular polarization, stereoscopic vision, oppositely polarized lenses→ Geology → Geology
Name(s) - Dakota Pollock, Justin Dillon
Physics → Botany
Example - Soil Quality (sandy, coarse, fine, dense, etc.)
Principles - Soil Physics (dynamic between soil components and phases)
Name(s) - Adib Azad, Karla Aviles
Physics → Health
Example - Cardiovascular System
Principles -
Pressure, Energy and matter
Name(s) - Alex and Eric
Physics → Meteorology
Example - hurricane
Principles - Conservation of angular momentum, Coriolis effect, Archimedes principle
Name(s) - Benjamin Azmon
Physics → Meteorology
Example - hurricane
Principles - Conservation of angular momentum, Coriolis effect, Archimedes principle
Name(s) - Benjamin Azmon
Physics → Meteorology
Example - hurricane
Principles - Conservation of angular momentum, Coriolis effect, Archimedes principle
Name(s) - Benjamin Azmon
Physics → Meteorology
Example - hurricane
Principles - Conservation of angular momentum, Coriolis effect, Archimedes principle
Name(s) - Benjamin Azmon